Simple tense

Noun
1.
(grammar) a tense of verbs, in English and other languages, notinvolving the use of an
auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb, asfor example the past he drowned as oppos
ed to the future he will drown

Perfect Tenses

The three perfect tenses in English are the three verb tenses which show action
already completed. (The word perfect literally means "made complete" or "completely
done.")

They are formed by the appropriate tense of the verb to have plus the past
participle of the verb.

Progressive Tenses

The progressive tenses are the six tenses in English which

show continuous or repeated actions. Sometimes the past progressive is called
the imperfect.

The six progressive tenses correspond to the three basic and three perfect tenses. They
are formed by the appropriate basic or perfect tense of the verb to be followed by
the present participle.

Simple tenses of verbs

Examples

Present past future

Fall fell will fall

Come came will come

Go went will go

Know knew will know

Walk walked will walk

Write wrote will write

Pick picked will pick

Move moved will move

Push pushed will push

Aim aimed will aim

Count counted will count

March marched will marched

Accept accepted will accept

Add added will add

Admire admired will admire

Perfect tenses of verbs

Present past future

Have admitted had admitted will have admitted

Have advised had advised will have advised

Have afforded had afforded will have afforded

Have agreed had agreed will have agreed

Have alerted had alerted will have alerted

Have allowed had allowed will have allowed

Have amused had amused will have amused

Have analyzed had analyzed will have analyzed

Have announced had announced will have announced

Have annoyed had annoyed will have annoyed

Have answered had answered will have answered

Have apologized had apologized will have apologized

Have appeared had appeared will have appeared

Have approved had approved will have approved

Have arranged had arranged will have arranged

Progressive tenses of verbs

Present past future

Am/is/are driving was/were driving will be driving

Am/is/are studying was/were studying will be studying

Am/is/are running was/were running will be running

Am/is/are drawing was/were drawing will be drawing

Am/is/are playing was/were playing will be playing

Am/is/are jumping was/were jumping will be jumping

Am/is/are swimming was/were swimming will be swimming

Am/is/are sleeping was/were sleeping will be sleeping

Am/is/are sketching was/were sketching will be sketching

Am/is/are shipping was/were shipping will be shipping

Am/is/are testing was/were testing will be testing

Am/is/are blushing was/were blushing will be blushing

Am/is/are begging was/were begging will be begging

Am/is/are drowning was/were drowning will be drowning

Am/is/are sliding was/were sliding will be sliding